12th & Imperial Transit Center

Metropolitan Transit Center is a San Diego Trolley station in Downtown San Diego, California. It is located at Trolley Plaza in the East Village neighborhood of the city and serves the high density residential developments that surround the stop. It is one of two stations from which Petco Park can be reached (the other being Gaslamp Quarter station). The station has historically been used as a major transfer point between the various Trolley lines, and is the only station that is directly served by all four Trolley lines.

Metropolitan Transit Center
San Diego Trolley station
12th & Imperial Transit Center in 2016
Location	1 Trolley Plz, San Diego, California United States
Coordinates	32.706271°N 117.153353°W
Owned by	San Diego Metropolitan Transit System
Operated by	San Diego Trolley
Line(s)	SD&AE Main Line[1] Bayside Corridor
Platforms	2 island platforms 3 side platforms
Tracks	4
Connections	Metropolitan Transit System: 4, 12, 901, 929[2] Greyhound Lines
Construction
Structure type	At-grade
Disabled access
Other information
Station code	75100, 75102, 75103[3]
History
Opened	July 26, 1981[4]
Rebuilt	June 2013[5]
Services
Preceding station   San Diego Trolley   Following station Park & Market toward Courthouse Orange Line 25th & Commercial toward Arnele Avenue Barrio Logan toward San Ysidro Transit Center Blue Line Park & Market toward America Plaza Terminus Green Line Gaslamp Quarter toward Santee Town Center Park & Market One-way operation Silver Line Gaslamp Quarter Next clockwise
Location

Service

San Diego Trolley

The Blue Line and the Orange Line are served by the station's island platforms,[6] and the two lines split just south of this station to serve South Bay and East County, respectively. To the north, both lines run parallel to each other through downtown on Park Boulevard and turn west at City College to run along C Street towards America Plaza and the Courthouse Station, respectively.

The Bayside Terminal platform of the Trolley Plaza station marks the western terminus of the Green Line,[6] which upon departing from Metropolitan Transit Center goes through the Gaslamp Quarter, Convention Center and Seaport Village stations to the Santa Fe Depot, and then on to the Old Town Transit Center and its destination at Santee.

The Silver Line uses the platform directly adjacent to the Trolley Plaza building[6] as the start of its clockwise circular route around Downtown San Diego.

This station was renovated in two stages as part of the Trolley Renewal Project:[7] in Summer 2011 for the Bayside Terminal platform,[8] and from late October 2012[9] until June 2013[5] for the main station platforms.

Prior to September 2, 2012, Orange Line trolleys used to loop around Downtown San Diego to terminate at the Bayside Terminal platform of this station until a system redesign rerouted the western terminus of the line to Santa Fe Depot and extended the Green Line's terminus from Old Town Transit Center to the Bayside Terminal.[10]

Transfer platforms

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound/ Westbound	←  Blue Line toward America Plaza (Park & Market) ←  Orange Line toward Courthouse (Park & Market)
Island platform, doors will open on the left or right
Southbound/ Eastbound	←  Blue Line toward San Ysidro Transit Center (Barrio Logan) → ←  Orange Line toward Arnele Avenue (25th & Commercial) →
Island platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound	←  Silver Line downtown loop (Gaslamp Quarter) →
Side platform, doors will open on the right

Bayside terminal platform

Side platform, doors will open on the right
Westbound	←  Green Line toward Santee Town Center (Gaslamp Quarter)

Bus service

San Diego MTS bus routes 4, 11, 901, and 929 stop at Metropolitan Transit Center. The bus stops are to the east of the northbound Blue Line/Orange Line Trolley platform, on the east side of Trolley Plaza.[6]

The San Diego station used by Greyhound Bus Lines is currently located at the southeast corner of Trolley Plaza on National Avenue.

Location

This station is directly adjacent to the San Diego Trolley maintenance yard – thus, it is usually where the trolleys from the yard start their trips for the day. The Metropolitan Transit Center building also houses the headquarters of the San Diego Metropolitan Transit System (MTS), and MTS's offices are located above the station. It is also located approximately two blocks east of Petco Park, just south of the San Diego Central Library that opened in 2013.

See also

• List of San Diego Trolley stations

References

1. "San Diego & Arizona Eastern (SD&AE) Railway" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. April 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
2. "San Diego Regional Transit Map" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2019. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
3. "Schedules & Real Time". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
4. "History". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Retrieved April 9, 2020.
5. "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Closures and Detours Station Construction Spring 2013" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. June 12, 2013. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2013-12-30. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
6. "12th & Imperial Transit Center" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2012-11-19. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
7. "Trolley Renewal Project". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. 2013. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
8. "Washington Street Trolley station to close for renewal". San Diego Union-Tribune. Union-Tribune Publishing Co. June 27, 2011. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
9. "Construction Advisory Trolley Station Closures and Detours Station Construction November 2012 through March 2013" (PDF). San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. November 19, 2012. Archived from the original (pdf) on 2013-12-31. Retrieved 2013-12-29.
10. "September 2, 2012 Service Changes. Major Bus and Trolley Service Changes". San Diego Metropolitan Transit System. September 2012. Archived from the original on April 30, 2015. Retrieved 2013-12-29.

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